Mark Tobey

No 8 attempt to write chinese
1934

A piece of yellowed paper with Chinese calligraphy in black ink, featuring ten characters in a traditional script. The paper has rough edges and there's a signature and date in the lower left corner, indicating it was created in October 1937.
A piece of yellowed paper with Chinese calligraphy in black ink, featuring ten characters in a traditional script. The paper has rough edges and there's a signature and date in the lower left corner, indicating it was created in October 1937.

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Date
1934

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Brush and ink on paper on board

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 11 1/4 × 12 3/4in. (28.6 × 32.4 cm) Mount (board): 15 1/2 × 16 3/4 × 1/8in. (39.4 × 42.5 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
96.87

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Dartington Hall Trust

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Mark Tobey / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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